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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Titus G Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:18:57 +1300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <03gqqj562r4vi0kpi2vl8flsi59jsbot56@4ax.com> Reply-To: noone@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 03:18:58 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6d5909da56d74bd55c7abab8d478bc00"; logging-data="3335195"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ha57EwmBswhzGFlXT6gqK" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:+rzz4dWJti36HrajmnbUhJ4rKlM= Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2608 On 14/02/25 12:54, Mike Van Pelt wrote: > In article , BCFD 36 wrote: >> On 2/12/25 20:06, Judith Latham wrote: >>> Below are 25 of the most popular works of literature from the last >>> century that have been banned from schools, libraries, and, in some >>> cases, entire countries. >> >> What was the source of this information? Banned where and by who? What >> does it even mean by "banned"? >> >> Someone may have found "A Clockwork Orange" in a grade school (K-5 or 6) >> or even middle school and said it was inappropriate and I think they >> would be right, for the most part. > > Bingo. > > When these are tracked down, generally it turns out it was > way back in the days when "Banned in Boston!" was a selling > point, and Boston actually banned books. !934's "the postman always rings twice", James M Cain, was banned in Boston. Other times, when > a grammar school library declines to stock a book generally > inappropriate for pre-teens (A Clockwork Orange is arguably > in this category, as is Lolita) it's hyped as a "Banned book." > > I don't count it as a "Ban" unless it's currently legally > prohibited from being sold to adults. I'm not sure I know > of any books that meet that standard, in the US, anyway. > Unless it's a book of kiddie porn with pictures, maybe, > if someone's actually trying to market such a thing.